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Steven Belenko, PhD, and Leah Hamilton, MA, are affiliated with Temple University, Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania. Christy Visher, PhD, Holly Swan, PhD, and Daniel O’Connell, PhD, are affiliated with the Uni-
versity of Delaware. Holly Swan is also affiliated with Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Frank Pearson, PhD, is affiliated with the National Development and Research Institutes, New York,
New York. Michele Pich, MA, MS, is affiliated with Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, and the
University of Pennsylvania. Richard Dembo, PhD, is affiliated with the University of South Florida. Linda
Frisman, PhD, is affiliated with the University of Connecticut. Jennifer Willett, PhD, is affiliated with the
University of Nevada, Reno.
This study was funded under a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The authors gratefully
acknowledge the collaborative contributions by NIDA; the Coordinating Center, AMAR International,
Inc.; and the Research Centers participating in CJ-DATS. The Research Centers include: Arizona State
University and Maricopa County Adult Probation (U01DA025307); University of Connecticut and the
Connecticut Department of Correction (U01DA016194); University of Delaware and the New Jersey
Department of Corrections (U01DA016230); Friends Research Institute (U01DA025233) and the Mary-
land Department of Public Safety Correctional Services’ Division of Parole and Probation; University of
Kentucky and the Kentucky Department of Corrections (U01DA016205); National Development and
Research Institutes, Inc., and the Colorado Department of Corrections (U01DA016200); University of
Rhode Island, Rhode Island Hospital, and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (U01DA016191);
Texas Christian University and the Illinois Department of Corrections (U01DA016190); Temple Univer-
sity and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (U01DA025284); and the University of California
at Los Angeles and the Washington State Department of Corrections (U01DA016211). The contents are
solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of
Health and Human Services, NIDA, or other CJ-DATS parties.
Address correspondence to Steven Belenko, Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, 1115
Polett Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19122. E-mail: sbelenko@temple.edu
BELENKO ET AL.
EFFICACY OF STRUCTURED ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE INTERVENTION
EFFICACY OF STRUCTURED
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
INTERVENTION ON HIV TESTING IN
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Steven Belenko, Christy Visher, Frank Pearson, Holly Swan,
Michele Pich, Daniel O’Connell, Richard Dembo, Linda Frisman,
Leah Hamilton, and Jennifer Willett
This article presents findings from a multisite cluster randomized trial of a
structured organizational change intervention for improving HIV testing
services in jails and prisons. Matched pairs of prison and jail facilities were
randomized to experimental and control conditions; all facilities received
baseline training about best practices in HIV testing and other HIV ser-
vices and selected an area of HIV services on which to focus improvement
efforts. The experimental facilities formed local change teams and were
provided external coaching based on the Network for the Improvement of
Addiction Treatment (NIATx) process improvement model. Difference-in-
difference analyses indicate a significant relative increase in HIV testing in
the experimental compared to the control condition. Meta-analyses across